Houston at 175

Even though Houston is turning 175, it's a young city by most standards. With a year-long celebration that began last summer and continues this August, we think it's a great opportunity to examine what makes the Bayou City unique and so intriguing. In this special editorial series, CultureMap writers and contributors look at great moment’s in the city’s past, examine where Houston is in 2012 and ask leaders and everyday Houstonians to imagine the city’s future. 

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The saddest Eighth Wonder in the world: Why was the Astrodome allowed to fall apart in first place?

By Cynthia Neely - February 21st, 2012

My how time flies. It is approaching two years already since Harris County residents were presented a trio of options in which to vote for the future of the Astrodome in Reliant Park. Well, we voted and we’re waiting. I caught ...

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Stephen Klineberg, movie star! New film looks to Houston's future by examining its past 30 years

By Clifford Pugh - March 2nd, 2012

For 30 years, Rice University sociologist Stephen Klineberg has been tracking Houston attitudes in an annual survey. Now he's starring in a movie about it. "The only thing we're missing is the popcorn," Rich Kinder joked at the premiere of ...

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WALKIN' THE WILD SIDE IN H-TOWN

From gators to peacocks, bats and raccoons, Houston is a real urban jungle

By Tarra Gaines

Mar 18th, 2012 at 12:59 PM

Several summers ago I was riding my bike along the Buffalo Bayou Hike and Bike Trail, nearing the Sabine Bridge, when two guys flagged me down for a camera emergency ...


Standing together and helping sick kids be kids: What AIDS Walk Houston means to me

By Thom McDaniels

Mar 10th, 2012 at 10:00 AM

Eighteen years ago, the first time I participated in AIDS Walk Houston, I don’t remember why I did it. I think I may have been in a relationship and ...


WANTS YOUR STORIES

Reaching beyond the hedges: Book aims to illustrate Rice University's greater impact in Houston

By Sarah Rufca

Feb 23rd, 2012 at 1:38 PM

Despite not having any official city designation, no slogan has come to epitomize Bayou City better than the "Houston. It's Worth It" campaign of recent years, full of personal ...


REAL ESTATE ROUND-UP

The Top 10 apartment building trends: What your new place is going to look like

By Ralph Bivins

Feb 20th, 2012 at 2:18 PM

Trends come and go in apartment living. Apartments outfitted with harvest gold appliances of the 1970s are now harder to find than a Yeti’s fossil. Today, everybody wants an ...


MAP THE PRESENT TO DETERMINE THE FUTURE

The link between education and workforce success: If you can measure it, you can improve it

By Catherine Clark Mosbacher

Feb 9th, 2012 at 8:58 AM

Editor's Note: In celebration of Houston's 175th anniversary, we asked leaders to imagine the city's future. In this essay, Catherine C. Mosbacher, president and CEO of The ...


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